Meanwhile, the third-seeded French crowd favorite Tsonga fought back to secure his semifinal berth, as the former Australian Open runner-up outlasted Aussie Bernard Tomic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (12-10) in 2 hours, 5 minutes. Tsonga, who captured this event in 2009, pumped out 19 aces on Friday.

The aforementioned Tursunov held off Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 7-6 (9-7), 1-6, 7-5 to reach the final four.